Suggested Further Readings

Theme 1: Roles and Responsibilities for Shelter Operations

Seeking Justice: Cemetery Preservation for Current and Future Generations

Descendants of Olivewood. (n.d.) Welcome to Descendants of Olivewood Cemetery. https://www.descendantsofolivewood.org/

Grave Danger: Historic Olivewood Cemetery in need of drainage improvements. (2021, November 3). The Leader. https://www.theleadernews.com/community/historic-olivewood-cemetery-in-need-of-drainage-improvements/article_b91d51c8-3ce4-11ec-bcdb-83357df72e5a.html

National Trust for Historic Preservation. (2024, May 23). Strong wind storm causes extensive damage to Olivewood Cemetery in Houston, Texas. National Trust for Historic Preservation. https://savingplaces.org/americas-most-endangered-historic-places/updates/olivewood-cemetery-may-2024-storm-damage

Slovak, B. (2024, July 23). Volunteers step in to clean up historic Houston cemetery damaged by Hurricane Beryl. ABC13 KTRK. https://abc13.com/post/hurricane-beryls-damage-houstons-olivewood-cemetery-sees-cleanup/15086402/

Blanks, J. (2023). Gone But Not Forgotten: Saving Our Cemeteries From Disaster. Research Counts, 2(25). Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder. https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/gone-but-not-forgotten-saving-our-cemeteries-from-disaster

Blanks, J., Abuabara, A., Roberts, A., & Semien, J. (2021). Preservation at the intersections: Patterns of disproportionate multihazard risk and vulnerability in Louisiana’s historic African American cemeteries. Environmental Justice, 14(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2020.0

Lovekamp, B., Foster, G., & Di Naso, S. (2016, August 31). Preserving the dead: Cemetery preservation and disaster planning The Natural Hazards Observer XL(6). https://hazards.colorado.edu/article/preserving-the-dead-cemetery-preservation-and-disaster-planning

Colwell, C. (2025, October 22). The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States. The Conversation(6). https://theconversation.com/the-disgraceful-history-of-erasing-black-cemeteries-in-the-united-states-264864

Balancing Supply and Demand: Federal Tools to Understand and Prepare for Water Scarcity

Oyedele, E. (2026). Disappearing Groundwater: Unequal Consequences in the Colorado River Basin. [Special Collection on Equity and Inclusion in Disaster]. Research Counts, 6(SC9). Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder. https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/disappearing-groundwater-unequal-consequences-in-the-colorado-river-basin

Stets, E. G., Cashman, M. J., Miller, O. L., & Powlen, K. A. (2025). Integrated water availability in the conterminous United States, 2010–20 (Professional Paper 1894–F). U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1894f

U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion. U.S. Department of the Interior https://water.usgs.gov/nwaa-data/

Konikow, L. F. (2014). Long-term groundwater depletion in the United States. Groundwater, 53(1), 2–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12306

Medalie, L., Galanter, A. E., Martinez, A. J., Archer, A. A., Luukkonen, C. L., Harris, M. A., & Haynes, J. V. (2025). Water use across the conterminous United States, water years 2010–20 (Professional Paper no. 1894–D). U.S. Geological Survey. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1894D

Stets, E. G., Cashman, M. J., Miller, O., Powlen, K. A., Martinez, A. J., Padilla, J., & Archer, A. A. (2026). Local water use and climate variability drive water stress and alter ecological flows over the conterminous United States. Environmental Research: Water, 2(2), Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/3033-4942/ae4d7e

Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program. (2024). CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health/php/svi/svi-data-documentation-download.html

Yellow Horse, A. J., Yang, T.-C., & Huyser, K. R. (2021). Structural inequalities established the architecture for COVID-19 pandemic among Native Americans in Arizona: A geographically weighted regression perspective. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9, 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00940-2

Meehan, K., Jurjevich, J. R., Chun, N. M. J. W., & Sherrill, J. (2020). Geographies of insecure water access and the housing–water nexus in US cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(46) 28700–28707. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007361117

National Integrated Drought Information System. (n.d.). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.drought.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://water.usgs.gov/nwaa-data/

Falling Space Debris: An Underestimated Threat to Under Resourced Emergency Management Agencies

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. (2026). Annual number of objects launched into space – UNOOSA [Data set]. Our World in Data. https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260518-083815/grapher/yearly-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space.html

Wright, E., Boley, A., & Byers, M. (2025). Airspace closures due to reentering space objects. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 2966 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84001-2

Louis‐Charles, H. M., Kalokoh, A., Torres, J., & Jamieson, T. (2023). Emergency management and the final frontier: Preparing local communities for falling space debris. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 14(3), 247–266. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12266

Space debris. (n.d.). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://www.nasa.gov/headquarters/library/find/bibliographies/space-debris/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (n.d.). The Dawn of the Space Age. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://www.nasa.gov/history/sputnik/index.html

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. (1971). Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects. United Nations. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introliability-convention.html

Hines, R. L. (2025, November 13). Space debris struck a Chinese spacecraft – How the incident could be a wake-up call for international collaboration. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.rf4q5pyeg

Prada, L. (2025, October 22). Pilot injured after mystery object from ‘space’ smashes into commercial plane. VICE. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pilot-injured-after-mystery-object-from-space-smashes-into-commercial-plane/

Federal Aviation Administration. (2026, January 15). Mitigation methods for launch vehicle upper stages on the creation of orbital debris; withdrawal. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00680/mitigation-methods-for-launch-vehicle-upper-stages-on-the-creation-of-orbital-debris-withdrawal

Vogell, H. (2026, March 12). Amid crowded skies, FAA kills rule aimed at regulating space junk. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/faa-trump-space-junk-safety-spacex-rockets

Louis-Charles, H., Teron, L., Douglas-Glenn, N. E., & Kalokoh, A. (2023). Unmasking disaster disparities and inequality in local emergency management. In Harper-Anderson, E. L., Albanese, J. S., & Gooden, S. T. (Eds.), Racial Equity, COVID-19, and Public Policy.Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003286967-2

Times of India Science Desk. (2026, Feburary 20). First wooden satellite developed by Japan aims to reduce space debris and prevent it from re-entering Earth. The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/first-wooden-satellite-developed-by-japan-aims-to-reduce-space-debris-and-prevent-it-from-re-entering-earth/articleshow/128597178.cms

Mandrekar, N. D. (2026). Robotic arm with adaptive grasper for chaser satellites to remove space debris from lower earth orbit (LEO). Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 13(1), 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2026.01.005

Disappearing Groundwater: Unequal Consequences in the Colorado River Basin

Famiglietti, J. S., & Ferguson, G. (2021). The hidden crisis beneath our feet. Science, 372(6540), 344–345. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh2867

Oyedele, E. (2024). Esther Oyedele: Looking from space to understand what’s beneath our feet. Center for Communicating Science, Virginia Tech. https://communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/research-stories/Esther_Oyedele.html

James, I. & O’Dell, R. (2019, December 5). Megafarms and deeper wells are draining the water beneath rural Arizona – quietly, irreversibly. The Arizona Republic. https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2019/12/05/unregulated-pumping-arizona-groundwater-dry-wells/2425078001/

Lee, J. & Marsh, B. (2022, August 26). Colorado River Basin tribes work to protect their water rights. High Country News. https://www.hcn.org/articles/colorado-river-basin-tribes-work-to-protect-their-water-rights/

Nargi, L. (2024, January 23). ‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/23/dehydration-farm-workers-california-safe-drinking-water

Drage, J. (2022). ‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/23/dehydration-farm-workers-california-safe-drinking-water

Drage, J. (2022). Vulnerability to groundwater level declines. In Domestic Wells– Introduction and Overview. The Groundwater Project. https://books.gw-project.org/domestic-wells-introduction-and-overview/chapter/vulnerability-to-groundwater-level-declines/

Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (n.d.). Gravity recovery and climate experiment follow-on (GRACE-FO). National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment-follow-on-grace-fo/

Abdelmohsen, K., Famiglietti, J. S., Ao, Y. Z., Mohajer, B., & Chandanpurkar, H. A. (2025). Declining freshwater availability in the Colorado River basin threatens sustainability of its critical groundwater supplies. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, Article e2025GL115593. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115593

Sharma, S. (2025, August 7). Impacts of Colorado River water shortages on agriculture in Central Arizona. Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University. https://azwaterinnovation.asu.edu/impacts-colorado-river-water-shortages-agriculture-central-arizona

Data Matters: The Importance of Public Information and Youth Disaster Mental Health Research

Thiery, W., Lange, S., Rogelj, J., Schleussner, C.-F., Gudmundsson, L., Seneviratne, S. I., Andrijevic, M., Frieler, K., Emanuel, K., Geiger, T., Bresch, D. N., Zhao, F., … Wada, Y. (2021). Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes. Science, 374(6564), 158–160. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abi7339

Peek, L., Abramson, D. M., Cox, R. S., Fothergill, A., & Tobin, J. (2018). Children and disasters. In H. Rodríguez, W. Donner, & J. E. Trainor (Eds.), Handbook of Disaster Research (pp. 243–262). Springer. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Health Statistics. (n.d.). National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Federal Register. (2025). 2025 Donald J. Trump Executive Orders. National Archives and Records Administration. University of Maryland Libraries. (2025, November 17). Data rescue. University of Maryland. Lai, B. (n.d.). Lai Lab. Boston College. Riobueno-Naylor, A., Gomez, I., Quan, S., Hutt Vater, C., Montes, M., Hoskova, B., & Lai, B. S. (2025). Methods for integrating public datasets: Insights from youth disaster mental health research. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), Article 2481699. Riobueno-Naylor, A., Gomez, I., Quan, S., Hutt Vater, C., Montes, M., Hoskova, B., & Lai, B. S. (2025). Methods for integrating public datasets: Insights from youth disaster mental health research. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), Article 2481699. Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2026). OpenFEMA dataset: Disaster declarations summaries - v2. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Woolf, S. H. (2025). The youth mental health crisis in the United States: Epidemiology, contributors, and potential solutions. Pediatrics, 156(5), Artcile e2025070849. Bennett, B. (2025, January 31). Federal webpages go dark as Trump administration removes public data. Time. Center for Homeland Defense and Security. (n.d.). CHDS School shooting safety compendium [Archived version]. Naval Postgraduate School. Exposed and Neglected: Gender Inequity and Extreme Heat in Carceral Facilities

Associated Press. (2023, September 16). Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm. AP News. Abdullahi, A. (2024, September 19). How we survived extreme heat in prison. The Marshall Project. Purdum, J. C., Dominick, A., & Dixon, B. (2022). Extreme temperatures and Covid-19 in Texas prisons (22-01R). Texas A&M University, Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center. Nguyen, A. & Salhotra, P. (2025, March 26). Federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons set to start Monday. The Texas Tribune. Braithwaite, R. L., Treadwell, H. M., & Arriola, K. R. J. (2008). Health disparities and incarcerated women: A population ignored. American Journal of Public Health, 98(Suppl 1), S173–S175 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2025, September 18). Clinical overview of heat and pregnancy. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Edison, S., & Haynie, D. L. (2025). Social support, victimization, and stress in a women’s prison: the role of in-prison friendship for reducing perceptions of stress. Women & Criminal Justice, 35(4), 266–283. Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance. (n.d.). Who We Are Lioness. Dixon, B., Purdum, C., Goddard, T., Toon, J., Simmons, M. M., Mims, T., & Finau, P. (2024). The compounding effects of disasters and confinement on the mental health of incarcerated women (Natural Hazards Center Public Health Disaster Research Report Series, Report 44). Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder. McGaughy, L. (2024, July 29). An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him. KUT News. Theme 2: Social Marginalization and Inequality

“Call Me, Show Me You Care”: Public Housing Residents on Disaster Response and Recovery

Schuetz, R. A. (2025, May 22). Fraud and mismanagement cost Houston Housing Authority millions of dollars, report reveals. Houston Chronicle. Khajehei, S., & Hamideh, S. (2024). Post-disaster recovery challenges of public housing residents: Lumberton, North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. Urban Affairs Review, 60(1), 232–271. Hamideh, S., & Rongerude, J. (2018). Social vulnerability and participation in disaster recovery decisions: Public housing in Galveston after Hurricane Ike. Natural Hazards, 93(3), 1629–1648.(1), 232–271. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (n.d.). PHA Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery. HUD Exchange. Office of Public and Indian Housing. (2022, September). Public Housing Agency Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery Guidebook. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Greenfield, N. (2022, October 6). Mutual aid and disaster justice: “We keep us safe.” Natural Resources Defense Council. UC Merced Community and Labor Center. (2024). Rapid Assessment of Unmet Need: A Disaster Response Toolkit. University of California Merced. The Mothers We’re Missing: Access to Maternal Mental Healthcare During Successive Disasters